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Ireland’s ecstasy as cool Frawley steals it

14 July 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER South Africa………………… 24pts Penalties: Pollard 19, 35, 45, 48, 53, 57, 61, 65 Ireland…………………………. 25pts Tries: Murray 14 Conversions: Crowley 15 Penalties: […]

Bath face La Rochelle in Champions Cup opener

14 July 2024 0 comments

That winning feeling: Toulouse lifting the Champions Cup PICTURE: Alamy THE 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup gets started with a bang, as Premiership runners-up Bath host […]

Peter Jackson: Warrior Peter O’Mahony learns a brutal lesson

14 July 2024 0 comments

A Grand Slam winner last year, Peter O’Mahony backed it up by captaining Ireland to a second successive Six Nations title.

THE 1995-96 HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP

14 July 2024 0 comments

AND so it came to pass that the Heineken European Cup finally became reality on October 31 1995 at a small stadium just outside the […]

Champions Cup to stick with format

7 July 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE CEO: Jacques Raynaud Fans hoping for a return to the old four-team, six pools Champions Cup format in the halcyon Heineken days […]

Tuipulotu shines in star-studded line-up

30 June 2024 0 comments

Following Glasgow’s epic victory in the final last weekend, Simon Thomas selects his team of the season from the URC It went down to the […]

Penaud proves the ultimate in French flair

30 June 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson adds up the points scored last season across all games and finds the French with much to celebrate Damian Penaud and Thomas Ramos […]

25 years on and it’s still a special place

30 June 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was the 25th anniversary of the first-ever game at the Millennium […]

I’m thrilled to see Bath enjoying its success

30 June 2024 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY GJ VAN VELZE THE FORMER BULLS, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND BATH BACK ROW/LOCK My journey with rugby began at the age of […]

Etzebeth puts it on the line

23 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Rising high: Peter O’Mahony, left, competes at the lineout with Eben Etzebeth PICTURE: Getty Images EBEN Etzebeth has never been one to throw […]

Bullish Irish plan to go one better

23 June 2024 0 comments

U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell as captain for the […]

Jamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa

19 June 2024 0 comments

Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy Farrell has handed a […]

Battling Glasgow grab final chance

16 June 2024 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Glasgow stunned champions Munster 17-10 at Thomond Park last night to secure a place in the United Rugby Championship final where they […]

Munster can’t live with slick Warriors

16 June 2024 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster ………………………..10pts Tries: Frisch 56 Conversions: Crowley 57 Penalties: Crowley 13 Glasgow………………………..17pts Tries: Steyn 24, Cancelliere 51 Conversions: G Horne 25, 52 […]

Jordan targets revenge mission

16 June 2024 0 comments

Glasgow out-half Tom Jordan said that having been in South Africa last month for two games is going to be a huge help in preparing […]

Quartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double

16 June 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite winning just four matches […]

There is no warm welcome for Spain

16 June 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gone but still winning. Sort of! London Irish may have met with […]

George Turner raises doubts over Scotland future after making switch to Japan

11 June 2024 0 comments

Scotland’s first-choice hooker George Turner has signed for Japanese side Kobelco Kobe Steelers in a move likely to have implications for his international career. Glasgow […]

Glasgow sink Stormers for semi-final spot

9 June 2024 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow…………………… 27pts Tries: Cancelliere 61, Venter 74, Thompson 80 Conversions: Horne 62, 75, 80 Penalties: Horne 20, 29 Stormers…………………… 10pts Tries: Loader […]

Ospreys can’t stop Munster marching on

9 June 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Munster …………..23pts Tries: Zebo 2, Scannell 18 Conversions: Crowley 3, 19 Penalties: Crowley 27, 57, 61 Ospreys …………….. 7pts Tries: Giles 4 […]

Johann van Graan: Bath exactly where they should be after years of hard graft

7 June 2024 0 comments

Bath will face Northampton at Twickenham on Saturday after being transformed from Gallagher Premiership no-hopers to title contenders in under two years. South African Johann […]

Charlie Ewels believes Bath are ready to claim first Gallagher Premiership crown

5 June 2024 0 comments

Charlie Ewels says Bath are “embracing the pressure” ahead of their quest for a first Gallagher Premiership title. Bath and west country rivals Gloucester are […]

Tommy Freeman: Saints taking lessons from Dublin defeat into Premiership final

5 June 2024 0 comments

Northampton have been reflecting on the harsh lessons of their defeat at Croke Park to steel their bid to claim the Gallagher Premiership title on […]

Van Graan’s attitude just right for us, says Spencer

2 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Bath captain Ben Spencer says one of the most impressive things about Johann van Graan is how quickly he got buy-in from […]

Holders Munster happy at home

2 June 2024 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster ………29 Ulster ………….. 24 Champions Munster will have home advantage for the duration of the defence of their URC after coming […]

Ospreys’ Nicky just too tricky for Cardiff

2 June 2024 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ……………..29pts Tries: Cabango 9, Grady 40, 85, Hamer-Webb 69 Conversions: de Beer 9, Thomas 70, 86 Penalties: Thomas 54 Ospreys ……………33pts […]

Fantastic four face final tests

26 May 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at the top of the […]

Cloete & Van Velze to retire at end of season

26 May 2024 0 comments

Bath’s South African forwards GJ van Velze and Chris Cloete will retire from rugby at the end of the season. Van Velze, 36, has made […]

Zebo calls time

26 May 2024 0 comments

Munster flyer Simon Zebo will retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old was capped 35 times by Ireland, helping his country win the […]

IRFU changing funding model

26 May 2024 0 comments

THE Irish Rugby Football Union has announced a change to its funding model which will see the four provinces contribute “up to 30 per cent” […]

Hurricanes fly-half to replace Burns at Ulster

26 May 2024 0 comments

Ulster are set to make their second signing for next season with Hurricanes’ fly-half Aidan Morgan to join the province. The New Zealander, who is […]

DREAM TEAM

19 May 2024 0 comments

JAMIE ELLIOTT, THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Mako Vunipola –Very […]

Munster make it eight in a row

19 May 2024 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ……. 26 Munster……….. 29 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree insists his side have the belief to repeat their remarkable URC triumph […]

Iceman Cooney lands late killer blow for Ulster

19 May 2024 0 comments

By JIM SHORT Ulster …………… 23 Leinster……….. 21 John Cooney was the hero when his last-minute penalty secured victory for Ulster in a cracking Irish […]

A tribute to unlucky Rory…

19 May 2024 0 comments

On the charge: Exeter’s Rory O’Loughlin powers forward against Munster PICTURES: Getty Images Another week ends with another player forced to accept the grim reality […]

Munster make it seven in a row

12 May 2024 0 comments

Munster ……… 47 Connacht……… 12 By JOHN WILKINS MUNSTER made it seven wins on the spin with a seven-try victory over Connacht with seven different […]

Everitt set for Irish crunch

12 May 2024 0 comments

Edinburgh …….40 Zebre……………..14 By BRYN PALMER EDINBURGH head coach Sean Everitt believes another five points will seal a URC play-off place as his side warmed […]

Mine was very much the road less travelled

12 May 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby – Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game I started playing rugby […]

New owners provide financial guarantees

12 May 2024 0 comments

BIARRITZ’S new owners this week provided French rugby’s financial watchdog with suitable guarantees of their finances, and revealed an eight-year plan to rebuild the club […]

Smith: I’m better at handling mistakes

5 May 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Fin Smith credits his superb form this season to a mental mind-shift that enables him to now take the rough with the […]

Leinster made to fight all the way

5 May 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………………………20pts Tries: Lowe 10, 15, 43 Conversion: Byrne 11 Penalty: Byrne 29 Northampton Saints…… 17pts Tries: Hendy 58, Seabrook 73 Conversions: Smith […]

How one match at Croke Park changed European Rugby

2 May 2024 0 comments

They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. 15 years since Leinster dominated Munster in front of a world record crowd at Croke […]

Langdon is quick to make his point

28 April 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that suits Curtis Langdon, a […]

Leinster all-stars set for blockbuster battle

28 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Having finally toppled their Champions Cup bogey team La Rochelle, next up for Leinster is Premiership pacesetters Northampton Saints and flanker Will […]

Time for Saints to be true to themselves

28 April 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and Northampton’s Alex Mitchell and […]

New low for Ospreys as Bulls go on rampage

28 April 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Bulls ……………….61pts Tries: Grobbelaar 7, Kriel 21, Arendse 29, 54, Moodie 38, 42, Papier 44, Penalty 61, Le Roux 76 Conversions: C […]

Lions …………….13 Munster ………33

28 April 2024 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON GRAHAM Rowntree was extremely proud of his men as the champions wrapped up a second bonus point in succession in South Africa. […]

Wales on a mission to survive or decline

28 April 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A chastening season for Welsh […]

‘Ireland in blue’ will provide stiffest test

28 April 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Phil Dowson and Leo Cullen first crossed paths in European action 10 seasons ago when Northampton did […]

Furbank: We were spoonfed too much

21 April 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES George Furbank feels Northampton’s rise this season is down to a pre-season meeting when the players resolved to take more responsibility. The […]

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